1. Ann Bassett, known as Queen Ann Bassett, was a prominent female rancher of the Old West, and with her sister Josie Bassett, was an associate of outlaws, particularly Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch.
18 Facts About Ann Bassett
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Herb Ann Bassett was 20 years senior to his wife Elizabeth Chamberlain Ann Bassett, and the couple moved to Browns Park some time around the earlier part of 1888.
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Herb Ann Bassett had a profitable cattle ranch that straddled Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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Ann Bassett often did business with notable outlaws of the era such as Butch Cassidy, Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan, and Black Jack Ketchum, selling them horses and beef for supplies.
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Josie had become involved with Cassidy shortly after his release from an 18-month prison sentence, during which time Ann Bassett was involved with Ben Kilpatrick.
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When Elzy Lay began a relationship with a woman named Maude Davis, Josie became involved with Will "News" Carver, and Ann Bassett returned to her involvement with Cassidy.
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Elzy Lay, having ended his relationship with Josie Ann Bassett, joined them with his girlfriend and future wife Maude Davis.
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Ann Bassett never saw Cassidy again after he first departed for South America.
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Ann Bassett remained there for the rest of her life.
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In spite of enthusiastic efforts to conflate them as one and the same, evidence confirms that Ann Bassett was under arrest for cattle rustling in Utah while Place was in South America with Cassidy and Longabaugh in 1903.
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When comparing the best legitimate photograph of Place with the best photograph of Ann Bassett, it appears that at least, the women could have been mistaken for one another.
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Michael Rutters' book Bad Girls details how Ann Bassett often faked a New England accent in order to appear more cultured.
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Ann Bassett conducted a series of tests on photographs of Etta Place and Ann Bassett.
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Ann Bassett concluded that there could be no reasonable doubt that they were the same person.
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However, Burton did not account for documented instances showing Ann Bassett to have been in the United States at the same time that Etta Place was known to have been in South America.
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Ann Bassett was under arrest for cattle rustling in Utah while Place, who had departed for South America with Longabaugh in August, 1902, was there with Cassidy and Longabaugh until returning to the United States in the summer of 1904.
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In 1903 alone Ann Bassett was married, incarcerated, tried, and released over a span of several months.
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Further, Ann Bassett never claimed to have been Etta Place, even in her memoirs.